China’s BRI is a whole-of-the-system approach to build on physical connectivity projects and expand these to include other softer, subtler forms of connectivity.
Tag Archives: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
China-Pakistan Bus Service through PoK: Complaining is Easy
New Delhi should incentivize its border communities by believing in and building on their central role in history as entrepreneurs and diplomats.
Economic Complications in the Naya China-Pakistan Relationship
A smart, forward-looking Indian leadership should not pass up the opportunity to increase economic linkages with Pakistan, and provide the latter an alternative to China.
Beware of China Bearing Gifts
When complaints are raised against BRI, Beijing is quick to publicly offer to renegotiate terms. India, meanwhile, is known in South Asia more for its big brotherly attitude and the lack of synergy and capacity to implement its promises.
China-India-Pakistan Trilateral: Red Herring and Opportunity
The Chinese suggestion for an China-India-Pakistan trilateral should provide fresh impetus – if that were needed – for New Delhi to reconsider its own Pakistan policy.
Rethinking the China-Pakistan-India Triangle
India needs to rethink its ties with Pakistan and China in order to transform its external environment.
Missing Opportunities: India and OBOR
By refusing to engage with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, India’s policymakers are letting go of opportunities to shape and influence events in its two largest neighbours
Boxing It In: China’s Approach to India
China appears to believe that India’s unfriendliness and lack of capacity mean that it has to and can be tied down to South Asia